I have a shoulder that has been operated on 2 times and needs to be replaced. I am otherwise pretty darned fit. I could handle any of the above, but cringe with the thought of touching off a 340 round. Mild duck loads with a 12 gauge are pretty bad.
Sorry about your shoulder Paul, and I wish you the best with it. My 12ga with 2-3/4" slugs recoils more than my .340, but it's A LOT lighter.
I suppose I'm just saying that, for me, last Wednesday morning, if someone told me that they would portage all my meat and gear though the 1/4-mile swamp in the driving rain over 6-1/2 hours (while my guide was working on the cape) if I could shoot a one-inch group with my .340, I would have been ecstatic at the option, and spent all day near any kind of fire I could have built from Coleman Fuel, paper, lighter fluid, and plastic plates.
